Up until now Buddhism in England and the United States has consisted mainly of people with very good intentions, but not much in the way of balls, I mean by this people that want to be good, and nice and followers of an exotic Eastern religion, which was naturally highly mysterious, distant and exotic.

I found myself amongst such types when I arrived at a Buddhist centre in Bath in the 90s to get my first taste of Buddhism.

‘U’ can stand for (h)umility. Being humble is a concept that is often misunderstood in the world of Buddhism.

Humility means letting the world touch you deeply and allowing the sensations of life’s touch to be fully felt.

These different faces of humility do not signify being small, insecure, weak, without character, and above all, it doesn’t mean being a victim. The Buddha’s message is that it’s up to you to change your state. It’s up to you to ask the questions and find the answers. The good news is that you are the cause and the cure.

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I'm a Life Coach, Core Shamanic Counsellor and meditation teacher to boot. I also teach English in Trieste, Italy. I follow a non-traditional expression of Buddhism and also run occasional events over the border from Trieste in Slovenia on Shamanism. Email me if you're curious about any of these activities.

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This blog started out as an experiment. It continues to be such to this day. The opinions you will find in these pages are my own, and like all material on this Earth, are subject to change due to that hidden factor of impermanence.

This blog started out as an experiment. Writing is an art and one which I am only now starting to develop any capacity in. All of my writing constitutes a learning process in the presentation of ideas, opinions and experience. I am no expert, but I am doing my best to develop and learn from each piece I publish.

This blog started out as an experiment. I've no idea where it will end up. I explore Buddhist and Shamanic themes in this blog. Both areas which interest a fairly small percentage of Western society. Therefore this blog is quite specialist. It goes one step further by not representing any particular tradition in either of these spiritual arenas, although I have grounding in two shamanic worlds; one a path, the other an approach to counselling. My experience of Buddhism is primarily within the Tibetan and Theravada traditions.